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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

6,554 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Miners' Chief Has No Comment

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

THE secretary of the Miners' Federation Mr. D. J. Davies, to-day declined to comment on the Premier's…

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Miners As Drivers? Cessnock

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 13

[?] of unassociated [?] must [?] engine-drivers [?] unless [?] provide men to do the work [?] stop, the payment by…

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Miners' Relief Fund. Creeping Up What Unions Are Doing Miners' Delegates Active

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 6

"No man hath hired us--strong hands drooping Listless, falling in [?] Men in the silent coalfields place…

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Idle Western Collieries Zig-zag and Oakey Park Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 4

Oakey Park Mine is still idle, due to the unsettled question of the miners' burnt ctothes. Zig Zag colliery was also idle…

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Safety Men Forced Out in the North at Dawn Mass Pickets' Threats Flood in Mine? Danger at Burwood Colliery To-morrow's Plan Newcastle

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

THREATS of violence, intimidation, and mass picketing caused the withdrawal of the safety men from many of the mines on the lower coalfields at daylight to-day…

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Italian Miners Off to Rothbury Wolllongong

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 13

CORRIMAL [?] to-day owing to the men having refused to work with an Italian miner, who is stated to give endeavored to reduce other Italian…

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Train Service Suspended. Miners" Intervention. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 11

Miners to-day succeeded in bringing about the cessation of the passenger train services on the Cockle Crcek-Wallsend private railway line…

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Digger Despatch Riders to Help Defend Miners

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

MR. H. C. DAVIES, secretary Ananndale and Districts Motor Cycle Club, writes: Sixty-two Labor Returned…

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"Free" Coal More Reaches Waratah Newcastle

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 13

Another train load of "free" coal from Rothbury reached the Waratah marshalling yard at 7.20 o'clock this morning…

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Awaiting Replies Scullin's Coal Offer Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 4

The Federal Cabinet sat to-day and disposed of a number of routine matters. A further sitting will be held to-morrow…

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Miners' Kiddies in the City Pleased with Holiday

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 7

Over 100 children from the coalfields who arrived in the city in the care of Mrs. Monday during the weekend, have now been billeted with…

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All-out Policy. Favoured by Southern Miners. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 12

A special meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board was held to-day to consider the all-out policy put forward by some of the lodges. The following motion, proposed by a delegate…

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Lorry of "Black" Coal on Fire Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

A MOTOR lorry with its load of "black" coal was completely destroyed by fire on the Maitland Road this…

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Miners' Wives. Request Shops Not to Serve Police. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 12

Business people at Cessnock to-day were approached by a large deputation of miners' wives requesting that they should refuse to serve police. The deputation was followed…

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Lorry with Coal. Burned on Maitland Road. Branxton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 12

A large lorry laden with about 15 tons of coal took fire on the Maitland road this morning it was soon burning furiously, and made a spectacular sight…

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Cost £11,000 Coal Probe No Suggestions City Comment

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

THE fact the long-drawnout and costly Coal Commission has presented its report and expressed its inability to make…

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Miners Force Out Safety Men--All Engineers Instructed to Stop Work 2000 Men Miners' New Army First Drill Cheers From Women Cessnock

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 13

Marching and drilling in regular army style, 2000 men, mostly from Aberdare and Aberdare Extended lodges, took part…

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Soldiers Line Up Support Miners "Comrades in Arms" Congratulated Branches Act

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 6

ALTHOUGH the constitution of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League of Australia is said…

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Bulli Miners. Overrule the Militants. to Stop Petty Strikes. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 11

As the result of grievances, the Bulli Colliery worked only two days last week. Trouble commenced on Wednesday, when one of the wheelers discovered that there was…

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Out £1000 Over Lost Boy Western Miners Wanderer Returns Home Unaided [?]

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

WHEN Robert Moulds, a 16-years-old colliery boy, employed at the State mine, went on a shooting expedition in the…

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